Westward Expansion

Which of the following explains the reasons for westward expansion? ​ (a)  

• all of the above
• expand democracy
• abundance of inexpensive farmland
• access to new economic markets

​ (a)   is the belief that the United States was meant to control the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

• Manifest Destiny
• The Monroe Doctrine
• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Jackson Action

Match the president to the policy/idea that he implemented during his time in office.

• Indian Removal Act

• Thomas Jefferson

• Establishing domestic authority

• James K. Polk

• Achieving Manifest Destiny

• George Washington

• Louisiana Purchase

• Andrew Jackson

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• John Adams

Florida became part of the United States as a result of-

• a purchase from Spain

• the Mexican War

• annexation

• the Revolutionary War

How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost? ​ ​ (a)  

• $15,000,000
• $15,000
• $150,000
• $5,000

After the​ (a)   Revolution, the state wanted to join the United States. America was concerned about ​ (b)   and offending Mexico.

• Texas
• slavery
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• New Mexico
• impressment
• railroads

The lands gained by the United States as a result of the Mexican War are known as the

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

Which map shows the boundaries of the United States just after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

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Which of these BEST completes the diagram?

• California

• Nevada

• Texas

• Florida

Reorder the names of land from the earliest time to latest time America added it to the country.

• Florida

• Texas

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession